Veteran Congress chief Ghulam Nabi Azad, who ended his greater than five-decade-long affiliation with the Congress final month, is more likely to launch his celebration within the subsequent couple of days.

“I’m inviting the media tomorrow (Monday) earlier than the launch of the celebration. I’m right here to fulfill staff and leaders,” Azad informed reporters in a short interplay at his residence right here upon his arrival from Delhi.

A detailed aide of the previous J&Okay chief minister has confirmed the information. “He’s having two again to again separate conferences with senior and second rung leaders later immediately,” he stated, including Azad is visiting Srinagar on September 27.

He stated the identify and the flag of the brand new celebration have been finalised and it’s now a matter of a day or two earlier than the brand new celebration turns into a actuality on the political panorama of Jammu and Kashmir. Azad, 73, give up Congress on August 26, terming the celebration “comprehensively destroyed”. He additionally lashed out at Rahul Gandhi for “demolishing” the celebration’s whole consultative mechanism.

Over two dozen distinguished Congress leaders together with former deputy chief minister Tara Chand, a number of former ministers and legislators additionally resigned from the Congress in assist of Azad. Two former legislators, one every of the PDP and Apni celebration, additionally adopted go well with. He has earlier spelt out that the highest agendas of his celebration can be to revive Jammu and Kashmir’s statehood and shield the land and job rights of its residents.

With inputs from News18